Friday, 9 November 2018

Bringing in the Japanese system of education to Malaysia is a brilliant idea. Bear in mind that the knowledge must come with the values and culture.

Ever wonder why IBM, Google, McDonald’s, KFC, Toyota, Honda, Samsung and those MNCs are successful wherever they are situated all over the world? Besides the world class work culture, they instill their values and principles to the employees.

It had been 30 years since I left the IBM World, but I still remember their 3 values:

* Customers come first

* Respect for individuals

* Excellence in everything we do

I remember K.B. Low the GM of IBM Malaysia then said, “We can take people from any discipline, by 2 years with us, we cut their wrist, they will be bleeding blue.”

The answer is training, training and more training. Train more than you sleep, according to a Japanese martial art master.

Here is the principle that I live by. It is from the master swordsman Miyamoto Musashi:

I am a private person. I need the space for myself. Nevertheless I like to share my thoughts to those who are on the same journey of self-discovery.

What I * wa[s] to talk about is the climate of change that is happening now in my life. I am truly blessed that I have a very conducive support environment. My wife and kids are the jewels of my life. I got Juice who is always looking over me. Then I got Els who is my cheerleader and Chedet, my patron. Other than that I got BJ as my loyal listener and long time friend.

*External intervention. A cipher.

I do feel relieved that I purged the things I been keeping to myself; the agony of dealing with Bipolar Disorder for 20 years.

I am also glad I finally found the bearing of my life - I am an impartial believer of God. Thus I am qualified as an atheist (the right definition: a person who is impartial of God) as Juice like it but I don't deny that there is an Infinite Intelligence governing my path in life.

I can never be comfortable with the idea of no God. Even when I decided to no longer practice Islam in 2012 (I'm not an apostate, just nonpracticing) and explored atheism, I ended with the decision to believe in God but not religion. I don't have issues with the idea that there is a First Cause. It is religions that bother me. They are all man made and yet they conveniently claimed that their religions are exclusively ordained by God.

Nowadays I don't subscribe to only one religion but rather cherish all religions as the legacy of human's rite of passage. I celebrate religious festivals as a celebration on humanity. And yet I don't pray like most people do. My form of worshiping is through running and swimming. These are active meditations for me.

I am at home again with my thoughts. I think I write sparingly at I am AlphaX64

It might as well be a two postings website for a while because I want the first message to sink in. I had done what I need to do, which is to tell the world my 20 years agony. Dreams of Mirrors is still my katana, I am AlphaX64 is my wakizashi.

I am still an atheist who is impartial of God (the proper definition) but I believe my consciousness endures after I am dead.

I do believe in these three things:

There is a God

There is an afterlife

These is the Judgment of Heaven

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I am pretty perked up today since Els will be with me until 5:00 pm. Normally she is with the Morning Show. It's hard to be with her at 6:00 am since I usually sleep at 1:00 am to 2:00 am on most days.

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To his friends Sharudin Jamal is an adventurer and a knowledge explorer. A member of the prestigious Alumni Sekolah Sultan Alam Shah,Putrajaya, Malaysia and a University of North Texas graduate, later in his creer he wore many hats within his 25 years on becoming an international corporate achiever.
He had vast experience in IT sales collaborating with IBM, Apple, Fujitsu, HP, Hitachi Data Systems and Ingenico. He also had consulting, training and coaching background dealing with more than 40 clients nationwide. These include the government of Malaysia, banks, insurance companies, manufacturing sectors, public listed companies and nonprofit organizations.
His lifetime accomplishments include on being an IBM/Mesiniaga Hundred Percent Club qualifier for 3 consecutive years, appearing in Selamat Pagi Malaysia (Good Morning Malaysia) - Radio & TV Malaysia (RTM) for more than half a dozen times, training 2,000 Sapura Group of Companies staff on Vision Alignment for the New Millennium and completing his first 42 km run in Kuala Lumpur International Marathon at the age of 40.